Sheriff: Inmate found hanged in cell
Written by THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF
SPRINGFIELD — Authorities say a man in custody on an alleged parole violation apparently hanged himself in his cell at the Clark County Jail.
Report: Ohio dad sentenced, put kids in boxes
Written by AP
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An eastern Ohio father has been sentenced to six months in prison for punishing his three children by forcing them into plastic storage boxes sealed with duct tape and a square cut in the top for air.
Ohio sees over 7,000 claims of insurance fraud
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Department of Insurance says it processed more than 7,000 allegations of agent misconduct and insurance fraud last year.
Ohio House to hear contested-election lawsuit
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House of Representatives will hear a contested-election lawsuit by a Democratic House candidate who lost his bid to unseat the Republican incumbent by eight votes.
Report: $440,000 stolen from Ohio Department of Disabilities
Written by THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF
COLUMBUS — Ohio Inspector General Randall Meyer has issued a report of investigation today identifying a theft of $440,000, resulting in the indictment of a former employee of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities by the Montgomery County Grand Jury.
FBI issued warnings on Ohio gun suspect
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The FBI has alerted black and Jewish leaders in the Detroit area that their names were on a list kept by an alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer charged with illegally possessing an arsenal of weapons, community leaders said.
Boehner says veterans' claims system is broken
Written by LISA CORNWELL,Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — U.S. House Speaker John Boehner says the system for handling veterans' disability claims is broken and he wants the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain what is being done to fix it.
Driver in fatal Ohio crash exceeded alcohol limit
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A coroner's report has found that the man responsible for a deadly wrong-way collision on Interstate 75 in southwestern Ohio had a blood-alcohol content more than four times the legal limit.